Report: Possible Improvised Explosive Device Near D.C.
A suspicious package was found outside Washington
Anthony Weiner will announce he's running for New York City mayor sometime this week, but he won't get the Clintons' official support or endorsement, Politico's Maggie Haberman reports.
A suspicious package was found outside Washington
Talks are breaking down over how to fund the government for the last six months of the year
Lawmakers have till April 8 to make a deal, but they can't even agree on where to begin
Herman Cain says he wants to prevent Sharia law from creeping into our government
Brown says she'd never name a website after herself
The candidate says he wasn't a hypocrite for cheating on his wife at the time
Follow the eerie echoes between the debates
Black people are moving back to the South as cities grow more integrated
Carlos Lam is the second Hoosier official to lose his job over violent anti-union messages
Douglas Hampton is facing seven charges stemming from affair probe
There's a lot of switching around when it comes to positions on Libya
The Tea Party favorite is putting together a campaign team in Iowa
Also wonders why "no one" has seen the president's baby photos
Rep. Darrell Issa is having a tweet-off and Rep. Steve King is winning
The presidential candidate's only consistent line: He doesn't like what Obama's doing
Fred Karger will provoke more debate within the Republican Party over gay rights
Weekly Standard editor was Palin's biggest backer in 2008
President Obama's health care overhaul turns one year old today
He hasn't been in the Senate long, but neither was Barack Obama
The gap between candidate and president Obama on war powers touches a liberal nerve
Wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas continues her move into politics
Another reason Randy Hopper's wife will support his recall
The former Minnesota governor is expected to announce his official entry this afternoon
How the local press covered the Republican star's visits
Senate Minority Leader was visiting with officials in Rome
Republicans mostly attack Obama for delaying action
Says Muammar Qaddafi will not step down over this "misunderstanding"
The fame-addicted polar bear died Saturday at only 4 years old
Our promise to Libya, our changing military role, and pills to make short kids grow
Votes to prohibits local stations from using federal funds to buy NPR content, but bill has little chance in the Senate
Trump says he's a "smart guy" who would waste $600 million on a presidential campaign
The Los Angeles Times profiles Rebecca Mansour, Palin's low-profile media enforcer
Republicans wants an end to compostable utensils and a return to styrofoam
Italian premier charged with paying for sex with an underage girl 13 times
Faced with the option of losing now or losing later, the Tea Party will choose the latter--by forcing a government shutdown
Bill Keller says he's been promised that, if Tripoli captured them, they'll be release unharmed
Turning the proasic into partisan: every second Congress or Obama wastes is a shame
Statehouse passes bill that allows emergency managers to break union contracts
All 31 GOP committee members also voted to say they don't believe in global warming
54 Republican supporters of the Tea Party, however, in a GOP mini-revolt
Praises Saddam Hussein's national security policy and gets slapped with FEC complaint
That's a Bachmann quote, there
Joking about Japan is a bad idea. Just ask Haley Barbour and Gilbert Gottfried
White House extends an olive branch; gun rights activists sniff
Wisconsin labor activists knocked on Randy Hopper's and found his wife instead
Misplacing the Battle of Lexington and Concord isn't the half of it
Cameras and social networking were banned from the exclusive event
Ousted for criticizing the Army's treatment of accused WikiLeaker Bradley Manning
Pundits, as ever, waste no time using the massive tragedy to score a few political points
Howard Kurtz mistook Kurt Bardella, who was fired last week, for his boss
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